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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 14/05/2026

*Reverse Centaur* is a book about the realpolitik and the political economy of AI, written by a tech critic (me!) who is *sick to the back teeth of hearing about AI*. Central to the book's thesis: * The AI bubble is exceptionally bad and dangerous: pluralistic.net/2026/05/07/d... 4/

A mockup of a smartphone displaying an audiobook app that's playing 'The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI'. Next to it appears this text: 'An eye-opening take on AI . . . A sharply worded, irreverent, and deadly serious call to see through the sleight-of-hand performance of AI promoters. —Kirkus Reviews'

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 14/05/2026

* The AI bubble is part of a lineage of pump-and-dump swindles created by monopolists who are desperate to convince investors that they can continue to grow even after they've saturated their markets: pluralistic.net/2025/03/06/p... 5/

A mockup of a smartphone displaying an audiobook app that's playing 'The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI'. Next to it appears this text: 'A bracing, daringly optimistic plan for how we can free ourselves from the awfulness. —John Hodgman (on Enshittification)'

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 14/05/2026

* In service to that stock swindle, AI companies have cooked up all kinds of ways to "juke the stats" to paint a false picture of AI adoption: pluralistic.net/2025/05/02/k... 6/

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